Increase Profitability With These 3 Amazing Employee Engagement Tips

According to Gallup
,
only 32% of employees in the US are engaged.
This means only 32% of US employees are involved in, excited about and
committed to their job and the company they work for. Ouch!

Engaged employees usually stand out because
of the discretionary effort they consistently show in the roles they are given.
They are the ones who will go the extra mile and work with a passion while also
establishing a profound connection with the company. Having engaged employees
in your business is an assurance that innovation will thrive and your business will
grow.

Contrast this with employees who are
actively disengaged.
Disengaged employees, whether they mean to or not, damage
the reputation of your company. In addition to being unhappy at work, they
usually act out their unhappiness while also monopolizing their manager’s time
and driving away customers. While engaged employees are innovating, creating
new customers and solving problems, the actively disengaged ones are doing the
exact opposite and undermining the positive efforts of others.

Disengaged employees are a potentially
untapped resource that offers the largest opportunity for your business to
improve profitability and performance. They are typically not difficult to spot
because they are overly concerned about lunch or their next break or any other
way of trying to escape work…they have “checked out.”

Most disengaged employees
aren’t overtly disruptive or hostile. They do just enough to meet their job
requirements and usually nothing more. Sleepwalking throughout the day is their
norm. They look uninspired and unmotivated, having little to no concern when it
comes to customers, profitability, productivity, safety or quality.

When an organization decides to increase
employee engagement, it can be an incredibly effective strategy to increase
performance, productivity and long-term growth for the company.

Great leaders
and managers know the people they have working for them...who
they are, their strengths, their weaknesses, and their goals. How you interact with your employees directly
influences their engagement at the workplace.

Check out these 3 practical employee engagement strategies to start building an engaged workforce now.

Choose
& implement the RIGHT employee engagement survey

Oftentimes, a company will ask its
employees to voice their opinions regarding issues and challenges at work. When employees do
that, they expect action to follow.

Some businesses make the mistake of not
acting on the information they’ve gathered.

Whenever you decide to survey your
employees, consider making the data relevant, specific and actionable at a team
or organizational level. Data taken should be proven for the purposes of
influencing key performance metrics.

Focus
on engagement at the organizational and local levels

When company leaders set the tone from the
top, then real change can be felt all the way down to the local
work-group level.

Companies benefit most when leaders weave engagement
initiatives to both the employees and their managers. They both need to feel
empowered when it comes to making significant changes and differences in the
workplace environment.

For balance to be achieved in the workplace, leaders and
managers should work hand in hand with employees to identify any barriers they
may be experiencing to create positive change.

Your employees are familiar with your company’s systems, processes, customers,
and products, which enables them to contribute strong ideas about how to deliver
business innovation, improved performance and a better workplace experience.

Select
the RIGHT managers

Your managers can make or break your
company
and they play a vital role in the level of employee engagement. Your managers should possess many of these
qualities:

A Positive Attitude

Focus (a lack of focus and
prioritization will hurt)

Honesty

Excellent Communication Skills

Integrity

Transparency

Accountability

Strong Coaching Capability

The best managers understand they will only
succeed if their team succeeds as well.
You won’t find a successful manager
with an underperforming team, it’s simply not possible.

Whether you are promoting individuals from
within or you are hiring from outside, consider the unique talents they may have
and screen them for the capabilities above. If a manager is not engaged and
committed to your company it will be very difficult for the employees below
them to be engaged.

Improved employee engagement has the power to transform your business. If you need help or assistance, don't hesitate in reaching out...that's what we are here for.

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About The Author

Tim Fitzpatrick
is the President & Founder of Rialto Mobile. At Rialto Mobile, we specialize in mobile apps and responsive websites for small/medium businesses and K-12 schools with a focus on improving loyalty, retention, and engagement. If you'd like to learn more about what we do CLICK HERE
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